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The Sleepers: A Signal Path Revisited at Mercury Live
Fri 22 March 2019 The Sleepers, one of my long-time favourites, performed a very special show at Mercury recently to celebrate the decade-long anniversary of A Signal Path. It was a nostalgic and emotional night, so much so that I struggled … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, black moscow, cape town, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, memories, mercury, music, photography, reunion, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the sleepers, weekends
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Tagged anniversary, black moscow, cape town, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, memories, mercury, music, photography, reunion, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the sleepers, weekends
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QOTSA Tribute 2017 at Mercury
Thurs 6 April 2017 Last year’s Queens of the Stone Age tribute show at Manila was one of the standout gigs of the year for me, great energy and vibe and loads of fun. Unfortunately this year’s edition just wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged backstage, bam bam brown & the wild professors, caelo, cape town, de wallen, dirty south, ensemble, gigs & festivals, guitars, jumping musicians, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Tagged backstage, bam bam brown & the wild professors, caelo, cape town, de wallen, dirty south, ensemble, gigs & festivals, guitars, jumping musicians, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Dangerfields, Caelo and Echo Beach at Manila Bar
Thurs 1 December 2016 First Thursdays are really not my favourite. December’s was a goodie though – Dangerfields and Caelo, two of my favourite newcomers of the year, played a great show at Manila but it was even newer-newcomers Echo … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, andy lund, band launch, caelo, cape town, cbd, dangerfields, debut, echo beach, favourites, first thursday, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, long street, manila bar, medicine boy, music, photography, post-punk, rock, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the sleepers, weekends
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Tagged alternative, andy lund, band launch, caelo, cape town, cbd, dangerfields, debut, echo beach, favourites, first thursday, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, long street, manila bar, medicine boy, music, photography, post-punk, rock, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the sleepers, weekends
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Queens of the Stone Age Tribute show – QOTSA 2016 at Manila Bar
Sat 9 April 2016 I haven’t been to a show as sweaty, intense or downright fun as the QOTSA Tribute 2016 in a very long time. Say what you will about tribute shows but when they’re as good as this one … Continue reading
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Tagged african survival kit, bam bam brown & the wild professors, blynd tyger, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, de wallen, evenings, favourites, feverstone, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, julia robert, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, manila bar, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, slow jack, south africa, south african, southern wild, stoker, sweaty, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Tagged african survival kit, bam bam brown & the wild professors, blynd tyger, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, de wallen, evenings, favourites, feverstone, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, julia robert, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, manila bar, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, slow jack, south africa, south african, southern wild, stoker, sweaty, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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The Sleepers at House of Machines
Sat 10 October 2015 The Sleepers played an experimental instrumental gig at the House of Machines on Saturday night. It’d been ages since I’d seen the band and though it was quite different from their usual vibe it was really lovely; unfortunately … Continue reading
